Keratin removal tool

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a keratin removal tool in which a foldable metal thin plate material is cut into an I-shaped blank so that a user can fold and wear the cut blank on one finger, an uneven part is formed on the rear surface from among the front surface and the rear surface of the cut blank, and a wearing state maintaining means for maintaining the wearing state on the one finger of the user is formed on the blank.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a keratin removal tool, and moreparticularly, to a foldable keratin removal tool.

BACKGROUND ART

There are a scraping method, an electric driving method, and afoot-wearing method for a keratin remover.

The scraping method has the advantage of being inexpensive and easy touse, but has the disadvantage that the user must apply force directly,the electric driving method is convenient because a user does not haveto apply force, but has a disadvantage in that costs are high, and thefoot-wearing method is inexpensive and simple, but has the disadvantagethat it takes 2 to 3 weeks to show the effect and is inconvenient to usein summer.

In particular, for the scraping method, as disclosed in Korean PatentPublication No. 10-2006-0054571, there is disclosed a keratin remover inwhich an unevenness portion is formed on a bottom surface of a tip of agrippable rod.

The rod-type keratin remover is configured so that a user holds a handleformed at a base of a rod with his/her hand, and rubs uneven parts onkeratin parts of user's feet to remove keratin present in the keratinparts.

However, since there are many users in common facilities such as publicbaths and public saunas, a lot of rod-type keratin removers should beinstalled, but in order to install a large amount of rod-type keratinremovers in common facilities, there is a problem in that the rod-typekeratin remover is expensive and costly and requires a lot of occupiedarea to install.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

The present invention has an object to solve the problems describedabove.

Technical Solution

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided akeratin removal tool in which a foldable metal thin plate material iscut into an I-shaped blank so that a user can fold and wear the cutblank on one finger, an uneven part is formed on the rear surface fromamong the front surface and the rear surface of the cut blank, and awearing state maintaining means for maintaining the wearing state on theone finger of the user is formed on the blank.

Advantageous Effects

According to the present invention, by the problem solving means asdescribed above, the keratin removal tool is made of a blank made of athin metal plate and thus the keratin removal tool may be manufacturedat low cost, a plurality of blanks of the keratin removal tool may bestacked one on another in a single sheet and thus it does not take up alot of space, the blank of the keratin removal tool may be foldedcorresponding to a thickness of a user's finger and thus wearability isgood, the keratin removal tool may be manufacture at very low cost andthus may be used for disposable or for recycling, and the keratinremoval tool may be easily accepted in common facilities such as publicbaths and public saunas.

In addition, the present invention not only enables a user to wash asite where keratin is removed in various postures such as a standingposture or a sitting posture and simultaneously remove keratin with akeratin-removing tool, but also can prevent environmental pollutionsince the keratin removal tool is made of recyclable metal material, notplastic material that causes environmental pollution these days.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a blank of a keratin removal tool ofan embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a left side view (a) and a bottom view (b) of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process in which a blankof FIG. 1 is folded and worn on one finger of a user.

BEST MODE

Hereinafter, a keratin removal tool of an embodiment according to thepresent invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1to 3 .

In FIG. 1 , a blank that may be an abroad tool by being folded into akeratin removal tool of this embodiment is indicated by referencenumeral 100.

The blank 100 is made of a foldable metal thin plate material cut intoan I-shape so that the blank 100 may be folded by a user and worn on onefinger of the user.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the blank 100 includes: a rectangularfront panel 10 that is disposed in front in a direction in which auser's finger extends and has a horizontal side 11 parallel to thedirection in which the user's finger extends smaller length than avertical side 12 perpendicular to the direction in which the user'sfinger extends; a rectangular rear panel 20 that is disposed behind thedirection in which the user's finger extends and has a horizontal side21 parallel to the direction in which the user's finger extends smallerlength than a vertical side 22 perpendicular to the direction in whichthe user's finger extends and a larger area than the front panel 10; anda middle panel 30 that extends in a direction parallel to the directionin which the user's finger extends while being interposed between thefront panel 10 and the rear panel 20 and has both ends integrallycoupled to a central portion of the vertical side 12 of the front panel10 and a central portion of the vertical side 22 of the rear panel 20.

In addition, a corner where one end of two horizontal sides 31 and 31 ofthe middle panel 30 and the vertical side 12 of the front panel 10 meetis provided with a pair of first C-shaped cutouts 41 in order to provideease of folding, and a corner where the other end of two horizontalsides 31 and 31 of the middle panel 30 and the vertical side 22 of therear panel 20 meet is provided with a pair of second C-shaped cutouts 42in provide ease of folding.

In addition, the horizontal sides 11 and 11 and the vertical sides 12and 12 of the front panel 10, the horizontal sides 21 and 21 and thevertical sides 22 and 22 of the rear panel 20, and the horizontal sides31 and 31 of the middle panel 30 are folded back toward the surface ofthe blank 100 to prevent user injury.

In addition, at a central portion of a bottom surface of the blank 100in the direction in which the vertical side 12 of the front panel 10extends, an adjacent portion of the front panel 10 and the rear panel 20adjacent to the middle panel 30 and a portion of the middle panel 30 areprovided with a series of uneven part 43 having a size and shape thatremoves keratin.

In addition, the blank 100 is provided with a wearing state maintainingmeans 50 that maintains a state in which the blank is worn on one fingerof the user.

The wearing state maintaining means 50 includes a pair of plurality offemale through holes 51 that are formed by penetrating through the frontpanel 10 at intervals in the direction in which the vertical side 12 ofthe front panel 10 extends, with the uneven part interposedtherebetween, and a pair of male projections 52 having a size and shapethat is be inserted into and coupled to one female through hole 51 ofany one of the pair of the plurality of female through holes 51 at theportion of the rear panel 20 facing the pair of the plurality of femalethrough holes 51 when the middle panel 30 is folded back upward around amiddle portion in the direction in which the user's finger extends inorder to be worn on one finger of the user.

Each of the pair of the plurality of female through holes 51 is a longslotted hole in the direction in which the horizontal side 11 of thefront panel 10 extends.

Each of the pair of male projections 52 has a size and shape that may beinserted and coupled to the female through hole 51. To this end, each ofthe pair of male projections 52 includes a through hole 52 a of an archtrajectory formed by punching at a portion of the rear panel 20, and abent piece 52 b in which one support piece 52 b incidentally generatedby the formation of the through hole 52 a of the arch trajectory isfolded back upward on the surface of the blank 100 and is away from thethrough hole 52 a of the arch trajectory.

In addition, in order to prevent slipping between a wearer's worn fingerand the keratin removal tool in the wearing state, a roughness part 23is formed on an upper surface (inner surface when worn) of the boundarybetween the rear panel 20 and the middle panel 30 and an upper surface(inner surface when worn) at the center of the proximal side of the rearpanel 20.

As illustrated in FIG. 3 , the blank 100 configured as described abovemay be worn on one finger of the user.

First, in a state in which the surface side of the blank 100 facesupward, a tip of one finger of the user is placed on a position wherethe pair of the plurality of female through holes 51 may be positionedfacing the pair of male projections 52 and a position where the base endof the rear panel 20 exceeds the frontmost end knuckle part amongseveral knuckle parts formed on the bottom of one finger of the user.

Thereafter, the middle panel 30 is folded so that the surface of thefront panel 10 comes into contact with a back of the one finger, andthus, the front panel 10 is pressed down.

Then, the portion of the front panel 10 with the uneven part 43interposed therebetween is bent to enclose both side surfaces of the onefinger.

Then, while the portion of the rear panel 20 with the uneven part 43therebetween is curved to cover both sides of the one finger, the pairof male projections 52 is inserted into and penetrates through onefemale through hole 51 of any one of the pair of the plurality of femalethrough holes 51 which the pair of male projections 52 faces.

Then, when the pair of male projections 52 moves in the direction of theback to the uneven part 43 with respect to the female through hole 51 ofthe any one pair, and thus, the bent piece 52 b is coupled to one sideof the one female through hole 51 b, the blank 100 is stably maintainedin the state of being worn on one finger of the user and becomes akeratin removal tool, thereby removing user's keratin.

When the user completes the operation of removing keratin, the state inwhich the blank is worn on one finger of the user is released in thereverse order of the above procedure, and then the blank is discarded.

The keratin removal tool 100 is made of a blank made of a thin metalplate and thus the keratin removal tool may be manufactured at low cost,a plurality of blanks 100 of the keratin removal tool may be stacked oneon another in a single sheet and thus it does not take up a lot ofspace, the blank 100 of the keratin removal tool may be foldedcorresponding to a thickness of a user's finger and thus wearability isgood, the keratin removal tool may be manufacture at very low cost andthus may be used for disposable or for recycling, and the keratinremoval tool may be easily accepted in common facilities such as publicbaths and public saunas.

In addition, since the keratin removal tool configured as describedabove is a single item, the keratin removal tool is easy to recycle, canwash and scrub feet in various postures such as a standing posturewithout sitting on a chair, and can be used for a long time compared tothe manufacturing cost, since the keratin removal tool is coupled in abutton type, if the keratin removal tool is appropriately placed on theknuckles, it is possible to prevent slipping and minimize a falling outphenomenon, and since the rim of the keratin removal tool is rounded,the keratin removal tool can be handled without injury.

In addition, the keratin removal tool configured as described above ismade of a recyclable metal material, not a plastic material that causesenvironmental pollution these days, thereby preventing environmentalpollution.

Although the keratin removal tool is described as being provided withthe blank 100 in the description of the embodiment, the presentinvention is not limited thereto, and for the convenience of use of theuser, the wearing state maintaining means 50 may be provided in a foldedstate while uncoupled.

In addition, in the description of the above embodiment, although it isdescribed that the female through hole 51 of the wearing statemaintaining means 50 is formed on the front panel 10 and the maleprojection 52 is formed on the rear panel 20, the present invention isnot limited thereto, and the female through hole 51 of the wearing statemaintaining means 50 may be formed on the rear panel 20 and the maleprojection 52 may be formed on the front panel 10.

In addition, in the description of the above embodiment, although it isdescribed that the uneven part 43 formed on the bottom surface centralportion of the blank 100 is sequentially formed at a portion of thefront panel 10 adjacent to the middle panel 30, a portion of the middlepanel 30, and a portion of the rear panel 20 adjacent to the middlepanel 30 in the direction in which the horizontal side 11 of the frontpanel 10 extends, the present invention is not limited thereto, and theportion of the front panel 10 and the middle panel 30 may be providedwith a plurality of flattening portions 43 a at intervals in thedirection in which the horizontal side 11 extends. In this case, it ispreferable from the viewpoint that the roughness of the uneven part 43is not entirely uniform, so the user may selectively use the roughnessof the uneven part 43.

1. A keratin removal tool made by folding a blank, wherein the blank 100is made of a foldable metal thin sheet cut into an I-shape so that theblank 100 is folded by a user and worn on one finger of the user, andthe blank 100 includes: a rectangular front panel 10 that is disposed infront in a direction in which a user's finger extends and has ahorizontal side 11 parallel to the direction in which the user's fingerextends smaller length than a vertical side 12 perpendicular to thedirection in which the user's finger extends; a rectangular rear panel20 that is disposed behind the direction in which the user's fingerextends and has a horizontal side 21 parallel to the direction in whichthe user's finger extends smaller length than a vertical side 22perpendicular to the direction in which the user's finger extends and alarger area than the front panel 10; and a middle panel 30 that extendsin a direction parallel to the direction in which the user's fingerextends while being interposed between the front panel 10 and the rearpanel 20 and has both ends integrally coupled to a central portion ofthe vertical side 12 of the front panel 10 and a central portion of thevertical side 22 of the rear panel 20, and at a central portion of abottom surface of the blank 100 in the direction in which the verticalside 12 of the front panel 10 extends, an adjacent portion of the frontpanel 10 and the rear panel 20 adjacent to the middle panel 30 and aportion of the middle panel 30 are provided with a uneven part 43 havinga size and shape that removes keratin.
 2. The keratin removal tool ofclaim 1, wherein a corner where one end of two horizontal sides 31 and31 of the middle panel 30 and the vertical side 12 of the front panel 10meet is provided with a pair of first C-shaped cutouts 41 in order toprovide ease of folding, and a corner where the other end of twohorizontal sides 31 and 31 of the middle panel 30 and the vertical side22 of the rear panel 20 meet is provided with a pair of second C-shapedcutouts 42 in provide ease of folding.
 3. The keratin removal tool ofclaim 2, wherein the horizontal sides 11 and 11 and the vertical sides12 and 12 of the front panel 10, the horizontal sides 21 and 21 and thevertical sides 22 and 22 of the rear panel 20, and the horizontal sides31 and 31 of the middle panel 30 are folded back toward the surface ofthe blank 100 to prevent user injury.
 4. The keratin removal tool ofclaim 1, wherein the blank 100 is provided with a wearing statemaintaining means 50 that maintains a state in which the blank is wornon one finger of the user, and the wearing state maintaining means 50includes: a pair of plurality of female through holes 51 that is formedby penetrating through the front panel 10 at intervals in the directionin which the vertical side 12 of the front panel 10 extends, with theuneven part interposed therebetween; and a pair of male projections 52having a size and shape that is be inserted into and coupled to onefemale through hole 51 of any one of the pair of the plurality of femalethrough holes 51 at the portion of the rear panel 20 facing the pair ofthe plurality of female through holes 51 when the middle panel 30 isfolded back upward around a middle portion in the direction in which theuser's finger extends in order to be worn on one finger of the user. 5.The keratin removal tool of claim 4, wherein each of the pair of theplurality of female through holes 51 is a long slotted hole in thedirection in which the horizontal side 11 of the front panel 10 extends,and each of the pair of male projections 52 includes a through hole 52 aof an arch trajectory formed by punching at a portion of the rear panel20, and a bent piece 52 b in which one support piece 52 b incidentallygenerated by the formation of the through hole 52 a of the archtrajectory is folded back upward on the surface of the blank 100 and isaway from the through hole 52 a of the arch trajectory.
 6. The keratinremoval tool of claim 1, wherein a roughness part 23 is formed on anupper surface of a boundary between the rear panel 20 and the middlepanel 30 and an upper surface at the center of the proximal side of therear panel 20 in order to prevent slipping between a wearer's wornfinger and the keratin removal tool in the worn state.